Today my youngest is 8. She has always marched to her own drummer including choosing when she was going to arrive (3 days late!). We had to drag her out of her temporary housing to meet the world. This kid impressed us immensely with her excellent timing. When we took the diaper off, she would shoot poop out 2 feet (I know, I took it upon myself to measure it one day.) Her sense of wackiness was just blossoming. Up till the age of 3, she thought it was hilarious to scream in a quiet room and then laugh at everyones' startled looks. She has yet to get a filter between her brain and her mouth. "Mom, can all ladies grow mustaches?"
The woman Anni was talking about was standing 5 feet in front of us in the store. The woman looked up. I said, "Anni, let's go!" Anni replied, "Yeah, but she must want one, she grew it."
In honor of Anni's birthday, Snark and the girls baked up some peanut butter cupcakes for the occasion. No, Snark didn't frost each one with a mustache. ... Like Anni, they're a load of fun, and sure to inspire guilt!
Chocolate peanut-butter cupcakes (from Epicurious)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons double acting baking powder
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup chunky peanut butter
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup heavy cream
In a bowl whisk together the flour, the baking powder, and a pinch of salt. In another bowl with an electric mixer cream together the brown sugar, the peanut butter, and the butter and beat in the egg and the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, beating well after each addition, and stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips. Divide the batter among 12 paper-lined 1/2-cup muffin tins and bake the cupcakes in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the cupcakes out onto a rack and let them cool completely. In another bowl combine the remaining 3/4 cup chocolate chips and the cream, scalded, let the chips soften, and whisk the mixture until it is smooth. Let the icing cool completely, whisk it until it is fluffy, and spread it on the cupcakes.
Makes 12 cupcakes.
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